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Sony now doing beta tests for PS4 firmware
- Thread starter Ramza
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TimeEffect
Member
The thing with the MVP program is that it very clearly states nothing should be communicated outside. That's generally accepted. When the community is as small as it is, people get upset when there are leaks, since it possibly jeopardizes the program (though I doubt this to be the case). I have to assume leaks are expected, but it still doesn't mean it should happen.
It just seems like whoever is leaking is gaining some benefit from doing so, and that's just not right. If he/she is doing it just because they can, then it also just isn't cool.
Check Wario's page.
I'm always surprised when people are surprised that stuff like this leaks. It may well be a comparatively quick leak, but it isn't exactly unprecedented. Sony were almost certainly aware that the email would get out in the open before they even sent it round, so I doubt they'd cancel the whole thing because of this 
It says the entire thing is under NDA if you agree to participate. So technically, I guess if you don't agree to participate, you can leak whatever is out there so far...
Zombie James
Banned
Sounds like Long-Requested Feature is in.
Finale Fireworker
Member
My PS4 keeps flickering in and out of sight and resting at a quantum state that is causing transparency. I think Sony is changing the past.
bananafactory
Banned
There is on Twitter.
There is lol. It's
Suspend/Resume
there is
Liberty4all
Banned
Don't worry about it ... It was your buddies responsibility to follow NDA not yours.
Yeah this is so weird.
jediyoshi
Member
So you're really not even actually trying to read into the extent that people are freaking out? It's all the same to you regardless of context? If cboat revealed his position before leaks, you don't think a single person would question the implications of doing so?
xbox didn't invent beta testing lol
funkystudent
Member
And Trophies!
Its good to see they are beta testing Rest Mode though. Even the minor fiddling with it in the 2.0 update messed some systems up.
Hopefully Sony keeps doing this sort of thing because the FW updates have been a bit more spotty in recent times
gotstrangepowers
Banned
Boom. What a roller coaster ride
My screenie leak doesn't feel near as bad now.
RedNumberFive
Banned
Pretty much:
Let's see those other features!!!
OnionPowder
Member
Everybody is going to like it
Most Valuable Playstation
Moosehole
Member
It sucks for MVPs because every time this happens we hear about it on the MVP forum and we seemingly get less things to take part in every time.
So yeah
Glorious Ownage
Member
Is Online friend notifications in? That's all I care about!
SomedayTheFire
Member
What are you talking about? There are NDA's for betas of software across all industries not just gaming.
I don't believe you gif
Because there are some features the competition doesn't have.
OnionPowder
Member
Better to protect yourself. It could end up being a massive failure and they scrap it for a later release. Then it's bad press because it didn't come out as planned.
Yeah, I don't get it either -- unless they are afraid that they can't deliver on it due to someone finding a major issue (thus causing more delay).
You would think it would be fine though considering how long it took for the feature to come.
jediyoshi
Member
Because if they don't deliver it turns into a negative headline.
Shining Sunshine
Banned
These test are for features, but imagine:
"Please test stability."
-_-
"Please test stability."
-_-
bananafactory
Banned
The funny thing is now that this is out people will just find something else to bitch about instead of being happy.
Post of the day. Thank you, sir.
I think it's because the firmware developers are having a face-off about who can put in the biggest undocumented feature in an update while still having the public changelog say "Stability update."
Of course they still need an actual changelog to communicate to others what's new and should be tested. But now their game is up!
yup, and if it bricks a large percent of the PS4s I guess it can be bad, I guess they don't want to announce it until it is ready
kingwingin
Member
Give me external hdd and instant on! Rest mode takes too long to start up
Shift Breaker
Member
I'm actually more intrigued by that "Trophies" part. Offline trophies? Automatically sync without having to go to the Trophy menu? Organise them by name? I probably won't use the suspend feature, I might use that.